Board Thread:DmC Rebooted/@comment-104.201.244.90-20151206090321/@comment-26222858-20151211145728

lol Well Vergil didn't want to be like him, only he wanted to be powerful.

This says it in the wiki itself, though it may just be speculation with solid evidence. It quotes Vergil after he first beats Dante, saying "Foolishness, Dante. Foolishnss. Might controls everything, and without strength, you cannot protect anything, let alone yourself."